AFL North West NSW is anAustralian rules football competition in theTamworth andNew England region ofNew South Wales ,Australia . The league began as a "pub competition" in Tamworth in 1997, with four 12-a-side teams, but has since slightly grown to a local league. There are four open teams in both men's and women's competitions based in three towns. AFL North West also runs junior competitions across several age groups.
Previously known as theTamworth Australian Football League , the name was changed for the 2017 season.
Prior to the establishment of the Tamworth AFL, there had been two other leagues in the area, theNew England AFL , which folded after the 1984 season - and theNorth West AFL , which folded after the 1993 season.
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New England Nomads
Glen Innes Celts
Tamworth
Inverell Saints
Gunnedah & District
Locations of the AFL North West NSW clubs. Yellow = juniors only
Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Est Years in NWAFL Senior Premierships Men Women Total Years Total Years Gunnedah & District Bulldogs ,Poochettes Wolseley Park,Gunnedah 1977 2002– 3 2017, 2019, 2020 2 2020, 2023 Inverell Saints Varley Oval,Inverell 2004 2005– 5 2007, 2010, 2018, 2023, 2024 4 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 New England Nomads Bellevue Oval,Armidale 1999 1999–2023, 2025- 9 2000, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023 0 - Tamworth[ note 1] Kangaroos Bicentennial Park,Tamworth 1997 1997– 4 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011 0 - Tamworth[ note 2] Swans Bicentennial Park,Tamworth 1997 2002– 5 1997, 1999 2006, 2009, 2025 0 -
Notes ^ Known as Nuttsy's Bulldogs 1997-1998; Cargill Kangaroos 1999-2001; and, Tamworth Kangaroos 2002- ^ Known as David Mitchell Swans 1997-2001 Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Founded Glen Innes Celts King George V Oval,Glen Innes 2019 Tamworth Roosters Bicentennial Park,Tamworth
Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Est. Years in competition Senior Premierships Fate Total Years Armidale Wanderers Wanderers Bellevue Oval,Armidale 2000 2000-2001 0 - Folded after 2001 season Courthouse Eagles Bicentennial Park,Tamworth 1997 1997-1999 0 - Folded after 1999 season Muswellbrook Cats Weeraman Fields,Muswellbrook 1983 2003-2013 1 2005 Moved toBlack Diamond AFL Moree Suns Moree Showgrounds,Moree 2015 2015-2022 0 - Merged withNarrabri for 2022 season, folded before 2023 season Narrabri Eagles Leitch Oval,Narrabri 2004 2004-11; 2014-2018, 2022 0 - Merged withMoree for 2022 season, folded before 2023 season Prime Magpies Magpies Bicentennial Park,Tamworth 1997 1997-2000 1 1998 Folded after 2000 season
Year Premiers Runners-up 1997 David Mitchell Swans Courthouse Eagles 1998 Prime Magpies David Mitchell Swans 1999 David Mitchell Swans New England Nomads 2000 New England Nomads Prime Magpies 2001 New England Nomads David Mitchell Swans 2002 Tamworth Kangaroos Tamworth Swans 2003 Tamworth Kangaroos New England Nomads 2004 New England Nomads Tamworth Kangaroos 2005 Muswellbrook Tamworth Swans 2006 Tamworth Swans New England Nomads 2007 Inverell Tamworth Kangaroos 2008 Tamworth Kangaroos Inverell 2009 Tamworth Swans Inverell 2010 Inverell Tamworth Kangaroos 2011 Tamworth Kangaroos Inverell 2012 New England Nomads Inverell 2013 New England Nomads Inverell 2014* New England Nomads* Inverell 2015 New England Nomads Tamworth Kangaroos 2016 New England Nomads Tamworth Kangaroos 2017 Gunnedah & District New England Nomads 2018 Inverell Gunnedah & District 2019 Gunnedah & District New England Nomads 2020 Gunnedah & District Tamworth Swans 2021 No finals due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 New England Nomads Tamworth Swans 2023 Inverell Tamworth Swans 2024 Inverell Tamworth Swans 2025 Tamworth Swans Inverell
*(match abandoned at end 3rd quarter) Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Inverell Saints 11 3 3 1 0 0 #DIV/0! 58 1st Semi New England Nomads 16 14 110 Tamworth Swans 12 14 86 Tamworth Kangaroos 10 3 3 2 0 0 #DIV/0! 56 2nd Semi Inverell Saints 16 9 105 Tamworth Kangaroos 14 9 93 New England Nomads 10 3 5 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 52 Preliminary Tamworth Kangaroos 7 16 58 New England Nomads 6 10 46 Tamworth Swans 7 3 6 2 0 0 #DIV/0! 44 Grand Inverell Saints 12 16 88 Tamworth Kangaroos 10 6 66 Gunnedah & District 6 2 8 2 0 0 #DIV/0! 36 Narrabri Eagles 5 2 10 1 0 0 #DIV/0! 30 Muswellbrook Cats 0 2 14 2 0 0 #DIV/0! 12
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Tamworth Kangaroos 11 0 1 0 1442 883 163.31% 44 1st Semi Inverell Saints 16 14 110 Narrabri Eagles 10 10 70 New England Nomads 8 0 4 0 1258 957 131.45% 32 2nd Semi Tamworth Kangaroos 18 20 128 New England Nomads 11 4 70 Inverell Saints 8 0 4 0 1332 1135 117.36% 32 Preliminary Inverell Saints 11 14 80 New England Nomads 7 10 52 Narrabri Eagles 5 0 7 0 1156 1233 93.76% 20 Grand Tamworth Kangaroos 17 16 118 Inverell Saints 11 14 80 Gunnedah & District 5 0 7 0 1021 1095 93.24% 20 Muswellbrook Cats 3 0 9 0 915 1426 64.17% 12 Tamworth Swans 2 0 10 0 925 1320 70.08% 8
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts New England Nomads 13 0 2 0 1590 861 184.67% 52 1st Semi Tamworth Kangaroos 19 15 129 Gunnedah & District 12 4 76 Inverell Saints 11 0 4 0 2038 1079 188.88% 44 2nd Semi Inverell Saints 13 11 89 New England Nomads 10 9 69 Tamworth Kangaroos 11 0 4 0 1679 1250 134.32% 44 Preliminary New England Nomads 14 13 97 Tamworth Kangaroos 12 11 83 Gunnedah & District 4 0 11 0 1270 1697 74.84% 16 Grand New England Nomads 15 11 101 Inverell Saints 11 9 75 Tamworth Swans 3 0 12 0 1013 1594 63.55% 12 Muswellbrook Cats 3 0 12 0 789 1898 41.57% 12
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts New England Nomads 14 0 1 0 1787 647 276.20% 56 1st Semi Tamworth Kangaroos 15 18 108 Muswellbrook Cats 10 14 74 Inverell Saints 11 0 4 0 1671 874 191.19% 44 2nd Semi New England Nomads 15 18 108 Inverell Saints 2 4 16 Tamworth Kangaroos 11 0 4 0 1582 1157 136.73% 44 Preliminary Inverell Saints 20 18 138 Tamworth Kangaroos 12 7 79 Muswellbrook Cats 4 0 11 0 876 1808 48.45% 16 Grand New England Nomads 27 14 176 Inverell Saints 5 6 36 Tamworth Swans 2 0 12 0 862 1541 55.94% 8 Gunnedah & District 2 0 12 0 934 1685 55.43% 8
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts New England Nomads 14 0 1 0 1853 813 227.92% 56 1st Semi Tamworth Kangaroos 25 27 177 Narrabri Eagles 5 4 34 Inverell Saints 12 0 3 0 1670 877 190.42% 48 2nd Semi New England Nomads 16 11 107 Inverell Saints 5 9 39 Tamworth Kangaroos 9 0 6 0 1399 1102 126.95% 36 Preliminary Inverell Saints 12 15 87 Tamworth Kangaroos 10 9 69 Narrabri Eagles 6 0 9 0 1070 1648 64.93% 24 Grand New England Nomads 13 7 85 Inverell Saints 6 9 45 Tamworth Swans 3 0 12 0 819 1481 55.30% 12 Gunnedah & District 1 0 14 0 862 1752 49.20% 4
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts New England Nomads 14 0 1 0 2162 736 293.75% 56 1st Semi Inverell Saints 12 22 94 Narrabri Eagles 7 9 51 Tamworth Kangaroos 12 0 2 1 1810 878 206.15% 50 2nd Semi New England Nomads 17 16 118 Tamworth Kangaroos 10 10 70 Inverell Saints 9 0 6 0 1631 1172 139.16% 36 Preliminary Tamworth Kangaroos 17 11 113 Inverell Saints 12 4 76 Narrabri Eagles 8 0 7 0 1461 1424 102.60% 32 Grand New England Nomads 10 12 72 Tamworth Kangaroos 9 7 61 Gunnedah & District 7 0 9 0 1355 1694 79.99% 28 Tamworth Swans 1 0 13 1 624 1853 33.68% 6 Moree Suns 1 0 14 0 759 2045 37.11% 4
Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts New England Nomads 15 0 0 0 2296 474 484.39% 60 1st Semi Gunnedah 14 11 95 Inverell Saints 13 6 84 Tamworth Kangaroos 11 0 4 0 1872 804 232.84% 44 2nd Semi New England Nomads 15 19 109 Tamworth Kangaroos 3 4 22 Inverell Saints 10 0 5 0 1598 974 164.07% 40 Preliminary Tamworth Kangaroos 12 12 84 Gunnedah 10 9 69 Gunnedah & District 9 0 6 0 1525 1144 133.30% 36 Grand New England Nomads 19 18 132 Tamworth Kangaroos 6 4 40 Tamworth Swans 4 0 11 0 871 1599 54.47% 16 Moree Suns 2 0 13 0 653 2314 28.22% 8 Narrabri Eagles 2 0 14 0 525 2031 25.85% 8
AFL North West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Gunnedah & District 12 0 2 0 1897 799 237.42% 48 1st Semi Inverell Saints 0 0 0 Tamworth Kangaroos 0 0 0 New England Nomads 10 0 4 0 1844 869 212.20% 40 2nd Semi Gunnedah 15 18 108 New England Nomads 6 9 45 Inverell Saints 9 0 5 0 1469 1042 140.98% 36 Preliminary New England Nomads 18 4 112 Inverell Saints 10 12 72 Tamworth Kangaroos 6 0 8 0 1465 1239 118.24% 24 Grand Gunnedah 15 16 106 New England Nomads 13 8 86 Moree Suns 3 0 10 0 809 1992 40.61% 12 Tamworth Swans 0 0 13 0 481 2275 21.14% 0
AFL North West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Inverell Saints 13 0 2 0 2128 600 354.67% 52 1st Semi New England Nomads 22 12 144 Tamworth Kangaroos 9 5 59 Gunnedah & District 11 0 4 0 1978 836 236.60% 44 2nd Semi Inverell Saints 8 10 58 Gunnedah 4 6 30 New England Nomads 11 0 5 0 1693 1191 142.15% 44 Preliminary Gunnedah 10 11 71 New England Nomads 9 13 67 Tamworth Kangaroos 6 0 9 0 1128 1295 87.10% 24 Grand Inverell Saints 11 12 78 Gunnedah 10 2 62 Tamworth Swans 5 0 10 0 1113 1552 71.71% 20 Narrabri Eagles 5 0 11 0 957 1940 49.33% 20 Moree Suns 3 0 13 0 704 2287 30.78% 12
AFL North West Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Inverell Saints 9 0 1 0 1327 511 259.69% 36 1st Semi New England Nomads 9 11 65 Tamworth Kangaroos 2 7 19 Gunnedah & District 9 0 1 0 1242 633 196.21% 36 2nd Semi Gunnedah 12 8 80 Inverell Saints 4 11 35 New England Nomads 5 0 5 0 994 869 114.38% 20 Preliminary New England Nomads 11 10 76 Inverell Saints 9 11 65 Tamworth Swans 5 0 5 0 793 939 84.45% 20 Grand Gunnedah 13 12 90 New England Nomads 11 13 79 Tamworth Kangaroos 2 0 8 0 725 1102 65.79% 8 Moree Suns 0 0 10 0 430 1457 29.51% 0
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